La campagne pour les élections de septembre a été décrite comme étant la plus sanglante que le Guatemala ait connue. Plus de 40 politiciens, militants et syndicalistes ont été tués. Le candidat Une Alvaro est en tête des sondages. 19 candidats ou membres du parti d'UNE ont été assassinés. Le parti de la prix Nobel de la paix Rigoberta Menchu qui est également candidate, a subi trois attaques ce dernier mois.
Le Guatemala se bat pour se défaire de l'héritage d'une guerre civile qui a fait plus de 200 000 morts ou disparus.
L'année dernière plus de 6000 personnes ont été tuées par des criminels ou dans des combats entre gangs. Selon les observateurs la plupart des agressions ont été commises par le crime organisé qui entend augmenter son influence sur les politiques au niveau local et national.
Questions : Comment cela se fait-il qu'avec 6000 personnes assassinées en une seule année, le Guatemala n'ait pas droit à l'intervention des forces de l'ONU ? Et comment cela se fait qu'Haïti soit labelisé "le paus le plus violent de l'hémisphère ouest ? Le Guatemala ne se trouve pas dans l'hémisphère ouest ? Et enfin que fait M. Edmond Mulet ?
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Gunmen in Guatemala have shot dead a politician in another attack apparently linked to next month's presidential, parliamentary and local elections.
Werner Velasquez, mayor of a town on the Mexican border, was killed as he left the house of a candidate he was backing, officials said.
The campaign for the September poll has been described as the bloodiest since Guatemala's civil war ended in 1996.
More than 40 politicians, activists and party workers have been killed so far.
Observers from the Organisation of American States (OAS) and the European Union have voiced concern.
Candidates and workers from all political parties have been targeted.
Mr Velasquez, 29, was elected mayor of Santa Ana Huista, in the department of Huehuetenango in 2003, running as a candidate for the National Unity for Hope party (Une).
But he was not seeking re-election and was supporting a candidate of the rival Grand National Alliance party (Gana).
Organised crime
September's presidential election is being contested by a wide field of candidates.
Une's candidate Alvaro Colom is ahead in the opinion polls but analysts say the election is likely to go to a run-off vote.
Une has seen 19 of its candidates and members murdered.
The party of Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu, who is also running, has come under attack three times this month.
Guatemala has struggled to overcome the legacy of its long civil war that left more than 200,000 dead or missing.
Last year, almost 6,000 people were killed in attacks carried out by organised criminals or in gang feuds.
Correspondents say many of the latest attacks have been carried out by organised criminals intent on increasing their influence over politicians at national and local level.
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Published: 2007/08/14 11:04:54 GMT
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